Friday, December 10, 2010

Fabula Facilis: Lupus et Canis Saginatus


Lupus macer est;
canis autem pinguis est et bene saginatus.
Lupus canem videt bene saginatum et dicit,
"Quanta est felicitas tua!
Tu, ut video, laute vivis,
sed ego fame enecor."
Tum canis lupo dicit,
"Si mecum in urbem venis,
tu quoque laute vivere potes."
Lupus conditionem accipit.
Dum una eunt,
lupus canis collum animadvertit.
In canis collo attritos pilos videt.
Lupus dicit,
"Quid hoc est?
Num iugum sustines?
Cervix enim tua tota est glabra."
Canis respondet,
"Nihil est!
Homines die me alligant
et nocte liber vigilo.
Haec collaris vestigia in collo vides."
Tum lupus cani dicit,
"Vale, amice!
Mihi non placet felicitas tua, servitute empta."

This story is based on 99. Lupus et Canis Saginatus.
Canis et Lupus

Click here for a SLIDESHOW of all the Harrison Weir images. Notice that this illustration shows the dog hobbled with a "clog" to keep him from straying.

lupus - wolf
et - and
canis - dog
saginatus - fattened up, fatted
macer - thin
sum - be, exist
autem - but, however
pinguis - fat
bene - well, fully
video - see
dico - say, speak
quantus - how much, how great
felicitas - happiness, good fortune
tuus - your, yours
tu - you
ut - as
laute - splendidly, richly
vivo - live
sed - but
ego - I
fames - hunger
eneco - kill, kill off
tum - then
si - if
cum - with, together with
in - in, into
urbs - city
venio - come
quoque - also
possum - can, be able
conditio - agreement, proposal
accipio - accept, receive
dum - while
una - together
eo - go
collum - neck
animadverto - notice
attritus - rubbed, worn
pilus - hair
quid - what
hic - this, this one
num - question word (expects negative answer)
iugum - yoke
sustineo - support, sustain, bear
cervix - neck
totus - whole, entire, all
glaber - hairless, smooth
respondeo - answer, reply
nihil - nothing
homo - person, man
dies - day
alligo - tie up, bind, chain
nox - night
liber - free, at liberty
vigilo - keep watch
collare - collar, neckband
vestigium - track, trace, footprint
valeo - be well, fare well
amicus - friend
placeo - please
servitus - servitude, slavery
emptus - bought
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